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This collection consists of two copies of a commemorative Christmas booklet produced at Carlstrom Field, a US Army Air Service pilot training base in Arcadia, Florida, in 1918.
Carlstrom Field was a US Army Air Service pilot training base in Arcadia, Florida.
NASM.XXXX.1144
United States. Army. Air Service
1918
Donor unknown, material found in collection, NASM.XXXX.1144.
0.05 Cubic feet (1 folder)
National Air and Space Museum Archives
This collection consists of two copies of a commemorative Christmas booklet produced at Carlstrom Field in 1918. The booklets each contain 43 tipped-in photographs of personnel, including the field's commander, Major Horace Meek Hickam. Other photographs include buildings and activities at the base. Also included is a photographic reproduction of the menu for Christmas dinner, 1918. The inside front cover of one of the booklets bears the signature of James A. Clore. A leave card made out to Private Elmer E. Brandon was found between the pages of one of the booklets. Note: Blank pages in the booklet have not been digitally reproduced in the slideshow. Any gaps in numbering of image filenames is due to their omission.
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Carlstrom Field Christmas Booklets, NASM.XXXX.1144, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution.
Aeronautics, Military
World War, 1914-1918
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Booklets
Ephemera